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US 5,435,042 AGranted
Windshield wiper arm including a link device
AssigneeNippon Wiperblade Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasaru Arai, Itsuro Saita
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Abstract
A windshield wiper includes a mounting head and a retainer pivotally supported on the arm-mounting head adapted to support a wiperblade. There is provided a linkage having one end pivotally supported on either of the mounting head or the retainer, a spring is disposed between the linkage and either of the retainer or the mounting head. On the other of the retainer or the mounting head, there is provided a device for restricting range of the movement of the linkage.
Claims14
A windshield wiper arm comprising:
- a mounting head, said mounting head comprising spaced abutment surfaces with an opening therebetween;
- an elongated wiperblade retainer pivotally supported on said mounting head, said retainer having a base end and a tip end;
- a link device comprising at least one link, said link device having a first end and a second end, said first end of said link device being pivotally connected to said retainer;
- an elongated spring having a first end connected to said retainer and a second end connected to said second end of said link device, said first end of said spring being located closer than said second end of said link device to said tip end of said retainer, and said first end of said link device being located between said first end of said spring and said second end of said link device;
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- said opening receives at least a portion of said link device therein such that said link device is adapted to engage with said surfaces upon pivotal movement of said retainer relative to said mounting head.
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A windshield wiper arm comprising:
- a mounting head, said mounting head comprising spaced abutment surfaces with an opening therebetween;
- an elongated wiperblade retainer having a base end and a tip end, said retainer being pivotally mounted at said base end thereof to said mounting head;
- a link device comprising at least one link, said link device having a first end and a second end, said first end of said link device being pivotally connected to said retainer;
- an elongated spring having a first end connected to said retainer and a second end connected to said second end of said link device, said first end of said spring being located closer than said second end of said spring to said tip end of said retainer, and said first end of said link device being located closer than said second end of said link device to said tip end of said retainer;
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- said opening receives at least a portion of said link device therein such that said link device is adapted to engage with said surfaces upon pivotal movement of said retainer relative to said mounting head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.